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OENPELLI - Arnhem Land, Northern Australia (aboriginal4p 160/215 ABOR4)

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Margie West; Colin Jack-Hinton & George Chaloupka.

ABORIGINAL ART - Past and Present.

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Detail of wrapper - OENPELLI BARK PAINTINGS (aboriginal4p 160/215 ABOR04)
Aboriginal Arts Board. OENPELLI BARK PAINTINGS. Arnhem Land, North Australia. BNo. 0-7254-0526-0. First Edition, 1979. Pp: 160; 280mm x 200mm; 1.12kg. 54 col, 59 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, preface, introduction, list of artists, references, suggested reading. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Ure Smith, Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1979. (The paintings illustrated in this book depict many aspects of traditional life, hunting and food gathering, different animals as totemic ancestors, the Mimi spirits and their range of activities, and other beings that inhabit the world of the Gunwinggu people) (Keywords: Gunwinggu, Kunwinjku, Murrumurru, Garnarradj, Nganjmira, Nadjamerrek, Nabinkulawa, Namarrkon, Mimi).
Book Code: S343 SOLD - now out of stock AU$95
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TIME BEFORE MORNING - Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines (allen2p 150/195 ALLE02)
Allen, Louis A. TIME BEFORE MORNING. Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines. BNo. 0-690-00999-2. First Edition, 1975. Pp: xvi, 304; 250mm x 190mm; 1.12kg. 30 col, 119 b/w, 1 map(dp). Introduction, forword, notes, the artists, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1975. (A illustrated collection of myths and legends of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia's Arnhem Land. The illustrations used are reproductions from the author's collection of bark paintings and carved figures) (Keyword: Djanggawul, Laindjung, Wagilag, Ngalyod, Kunmanggur, Mudungkala).
Book Code: P035 AU$75
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Art Gallery of New South Wales. ABORIGINAL AND MELANESIAN ART. Including Mr S.G. Moriarty's Collection of New Guinea Highland Art. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1973 (pb). Pp: 56; 280mm x 210mm; 0.20kg. Num b/w, 3 maps. Foreword, introduction, notes on catalogue. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1973. (The catalogue items include artefacts, totemic emblems, and bark paintings from the art gallery's own collection) (Keywords: Ethnology, traditional art, artefacts, Australia, Aboriginal, Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Port Keats, Oenpelli, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Yirrkala, New Hebrides, Vanuatu, New Guinea, Massim, Astrolabe, Sepik, Solomon Islands, Pangia, Huri).
Book Code: Q064 AU$45
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The Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award - 1998 (aus-her1p 150/201 AUST04)
Australian Heritage Commission (4). THE FOURTH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS HERITAGE AWARD 1998. The Art of Place. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1998 (pb). Pp: 52; 290mm x 240mm; 0.30kg. 218 col, 3 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, messages, guide to catalogue. A very good paperback copy with staple binding. Wrp: vg. Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, 1998. (One hundred and ninety eight works of art are described and illustrated in this catalogue which serves as a guide to the works submitted as candidates for the Award) (Keywords: Tjapartji Bates, Naminapu Maymuru-White, Rea, Alick Tipoti, Sylvia Mulwanany).
Book Code: T405 SOLD - now out of stock AU$25
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Detail of wrapper of PAPUNYA - A Place Made After the Story (bardon5p 160/198 BARD05)
Bardon, Geoff with James Bardon. PAPUNYA - A Place Made After the Story. The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement. BNo. 0-522-85110-X. First Edition, 2004. Pp: xxiii, 528; 300mm x 245mm; 3.0kg. over 500 col, b/w & fig. Forewords, acknowledgments, explanatory notes, preface, introduction, glossary, bibliography, index of paintings, index of artists, general index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004. (Papunya presents for the first time a complete record of the artists and the works emanating from the Papunya outpost in central Australia. Bardon's recorded notes and drawings are here reproduced showing his extensive documentation of the early stages of the painting movement. This book features over 500 paintings, drawings and photographs from Bardon's personal archive. Many of the images have never been seen before and many of the paintings are now lost) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary painting, art, Central Australia, Aboriginal, history, Papunya, Dreamings).
Book Code: U065 AU$109
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Detail of wrapper - ABORIGINAL ART OF THE WESTERN DESERT (bardon1p 150/191 BARD01)
Bardon, Geoff. ABORIGINAL ART OF THE WESTERN DESERT. Artists of the Papunya settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia. BNo. 0-7270-0811-0. First Edition, 1979. Pp: 71; 260mm x 200mm; 0.51kg. 24 col, 20 b/w, 24 fig. Preface, introduction. A very good copy in dust wrapper (small name stamp on fep). Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1979. (Insights are given into Aborigines and their legends and twenty-four of the best paintings by twenty Aboriginal artists are also illustrated) (Keywords: Contemporary, traditional art, Central Australia, Aboriginal, Papunya, Tjingari, Tjampatjimpa, Pintupi, Tjaparula, Loritja, Tjakamara, Tjapangati, Tjapaltjari, Anmatjira Aranda).
Book Code: M700 AU$180
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Detail of wrapper - PAPUNYA TULA (bardon02p 170/227 BARD02)
Bardon, Geoffrey. PAPUNYA TULA. Art of the Western Desert. BNo. 0-86914-160-0. First Edition, 1991. Pp: xx, 140; 280mm x 210mm; 1.05kg. 64 col, 33 b/w, 50 fig. Foreword, introduction, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw; vg. Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, 1991. (The book outlines the development of the painting movement at Papunya in the Western Desert of northern Australia. Twenty of the Papunya painters are represented and tell the stories of their work) (Keywords: Contemporary and traditional art, paintings, Central Australia, Aboriginal, Tjampitjinpa, Tjupurrula, Tjapangati, Tjapaltjarri, Tjungurrayi, Tjakamarra, Anmatjira, Aranda, Pintupi, Loritja).
Book Code: L446 AU$95
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Detail of wrapper - ART OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ( barrett20p 145/199 BARR20)
Barrett, Charles & R.H. Croll. ART OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL. With foreword by Professor Elkin. BNo. n/a. First Edition 1943 (pb). Pp: xii, 13-94; 245mm x 180mm; 0.38kg. 32 b/w(pl). Foreword. A good paperback copy with dust wrapper. Wrp: g; dw: g. (worn and chipped dw). Bread and Cheese Club, Melbourne, 1943. (The authors introduce Aboriginal art in its different forms and reveal the threshhold of religion, belief, ritual and magic on which it is based. Forms dealt with include rock painting, rock carving and art in Arnhem Land. C.P. Mountford describes aboriginal art in South and Central Australia) (Keywords: Indigenous art, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Central, South).
Book Code: D634 AU$125
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Barrett, Charles L. & A.S. Kenyon. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. National Museum of Victoria. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1950 (pb). Pp: 39; 215mm x 140mm; 0.06kg. 29 b/w, 6 fig. Preface. A good paperback copy with staple binding. Wrp: g. National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, 1950. (This illusrated handbook was prepared for an exhibition of decorated implements, ceremonial objects and bark drawings of Australian Aborigines) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: N519 AU$50
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Detail of wrapper of Australian Aboriginal Art (berndt10p 150/200 BERN10)
Berndt, Ronald M. (editor). AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. Introduced by: Berndt, Elkin, McCarthy, Mountford, Strehlow, Tuckson. BNo. n/a. First Australian Edition, 1964. Pp: xiii, 118; 275mm x 215mm; 1.17kg. 73 col (pl), 9 fig, 2 maps. Publisher's note, preface, epilogue, source, annotations, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (fitted with p/sl). Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1964. (The work of six authors, the book illustrates the variety of Aboriginal art forms: bark paintings, rock engravings and paintings, carved figures, and sacred and secular objects) (Keywords: Anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, Wandjina, Kimberley, Jundurana, Arawaldja, Groote Eylandt, Yerobeni, Oenpelli, Yirrkala, Wunungu, Milingimbi, rangga).
Book Code: N412 AU$195
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Detail of wrapper of Australian Aboriginal Art - In the Anthropology Museum of the University ( berndt13ap 150/174 BERN13)
Berndt, R.M. & J.E. Stanton. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. In the Anthropology Museum of the University of Western Australia. BNo. 0-85564-188-6. First Edition, 1980 (pb). Pp: iv, 24; 240mm x 210mm; 0.15kg. 10 col, 14 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, bibliographical references. A good paperback copy with minor wear on surfaces and edges. Wrp: g. University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 1980. (The book provides a brief outline on the history of the museum's collection and a list of some of the outstanding traditional artists whose work is represented in the collection) (Keywords: Bark paintings, northern Australia, Aboriginal, Manggudja, Gunwinggu, Oenpelli, Laindjung, Banaidja, Balirbalir, Yirrkala, Wonggu, Wurungulngul).
Book Code: R666 AU$34
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Detail of wrapper of ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN ART - Aboriginal artistic endeavours. (berndt02p 175/223 BERN02)
Berndt, Ronald M. & Catherine H. Berndt with John E. Stanton. ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN ART. Aboriginal artistic endeavour placed in its own socio-cultural context. BNo. 1-87633-40209. Reprinted Edition, 1998 (1988)(pb). Pp: 176; 270mm x210mm; 0.70kg. 159 col, 3 maps. List of plates, preface, bibliography, name index, subject index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1998. (An authoritative consideration of the place of Aboriginal art within its own traditional settings. The underlying theme is the resilience of the art set against a changing environment) (Keywords: Arnhem Land, Yirrkala, Milingimbi, Balgo, Ooldea, Aurukun, Bathurst Island).
Book Code: L618 AU$40
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